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Hopeful and reflective in tone.
The Food of the Gods and How It Came to EarthNovel
H. G. Wellsstandalone novel1904
About genetic engineering and ecological collapse, set in british isles.
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M. P. Shielstandalone novel1901
Post-apocalyptic and weird fiction, dark in tone, about last of their kind.
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The War in the AirNovel
H. G. Wellsstandalone novel1908
Military science fiction, about war and political intrigue, set in europe.
H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse
universe65 books1898
Alien invasion.
“No one would have believed, in the closing years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched keenly and closely from the timeless worlds of space.”
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